MAY 24, AT 7:30 P.M. / AUDITORIUM DU MUSÉE DE LA CIVILISATIONADMISSION 7$ / 5$ ON PRESENTATION OF THE PASSIN COLLABORATION WITH ANTITUBEJohn Porter TORONTO, Canada John Porter is a Toronto filmmaker, performer, photographer and writer. An advocate of Super 8 and low-budget movies ($50 or less), he has made more than 300 films since 1968, shown at more than 100 international screenings. He has given many Super 8 and 16...

Larry Jordan SAN FRANCISCO, USA Larry Jordan (full name Lawrence C. Jordan) is a California-based independent American filmmaker who has been making movies since 1952. The prolific author of more than 40 experimental and animation films, he is one of the premier American post-war avant-garde filmmakers. His work, little known outside the art house circuit, is currently undergoing exhaustive and patient restoration at Anthology Film Archives in New York City.The...

Diane Morin MONTRÉAL, Canada Originally from Kamouraska, Diane Morin lives and works in Montréal. Since 1998, she has created installations linking kinetic and media art. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Montréal, elsewhere in Canada as well as in Sweden and Finland. She holds an undergraduate art degree from Université Laval and an MFA from Concordia University. In 2011, she won the Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award fromthe Canada Counsel for the Arts, underscoring the exceptional...

Marla Hlady, Jean Tinguely TORONTO, CANADA & FRIBOURG / BERN, SWITZERLAND Since 1990 Marla Hlady has been exhibited extensively in Canada, the USA and Europe. Her multidisciplinary practice leads her to explore sound art, kinetic art, drawing and video. Hlady also collaborates with musicians, composers and other artists in the production of audio works, multiples and publications. An important selection of site-related works have been collaboratively presented at Oakville Galleries (Canada) in 2011 and at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (Buffalo,...

Jean-Pierre Gauthier MONTRÉAL, CanadaJean-Pierre Gauthierwas born in Matane and lives in Montréal. Active on the contemporary arts scene since the mid-1990s, he pursues an interest in integrating visual art and aural exploration. His kinetic installations refer to disorder, and to what is organic and unpredictable. A recipient of prestigious awards, including the 2004 Sobey Art Award and the 2006 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Prize, he has shown his work in Europe, Asia and North America. A 2007 to 2009...

Jacques Samson QUÉBEC, Canada Jacques Samson holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in art from Université Laval, where he has been a lecturer since 2004. His participation in numerous multidisciplinary projects dates from the beginning of his career. An active member of l’OEil de Poisson for several years, he also co-founded the Ateliers de la pente douce and Rouje arts et événements. Some of his sculptural works are part of the...

Jean-François Dugas + Jérôme Minière + Marie-Pierre Normand MONTRÉAL, CanadaProducer and videomaker Jean-François Dugas Works in video clips, concerts and television among the arts community. His work is regularly broadcast on télévision and the Internet and is incorporated into artist’s publications.___Author-composer and multidisciplinary artist Jérôme Minière has collaborated on theatre, dance, performance, film and visual art projects and has developed an awardwinning discography. His work has been presented in Québec...

Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag BERLIN, GERMANYJan-Peter E.R. Sonntag is an artist, composer and researcher who focuses mainly on installations. He studied fine arts, art history, music theory, composition, philosophy and cognitive science and, in 2002, founded N-solab. He has received several grants and prizes (Akademie Schloss Solitude, the German Sound Art Prize, the CynetArt Award, Haupstadtkulturfonds for e-topia, EMARE Mexico, the 2012 Villa Aurora residency in Los Angeles) and has taken part in various international exhibitions: V2 (Rotterdam), NIMK (Amsterdam), Apex Art...

Kanta Horio TOKYO, JAPON Kanta Horio is a sound artist and engineer. He studied acoustics and computer music at Kyushu Institute of Design in Fukuoka, Japan. His performances and installations are based on physical phenomena like sound, light, magnetism or physical movement, employing electromagnets, motors, LEDS, and circuits that convert elements. He has performed widely, both internationally and throughout Japan. He also works as an engineer of electronic devices and has developed several projects, including commercial interactive installations, films, and musical instruments.Rotation...

Minibloc MONTRÉAL, Canada Anne-Françoise Jacques and Nicolas Dion formed Minibloc in 2004. The duo focuses on performance, radio creation and acoustic installation. Everyday objects are mined as sources of sound and become points of departure for their work. Minibloc has presented performances at festivals in Montréal, Québec City, Rimouski, Saguenay, Winnipeg and Berlin. Its sound installations have been shown at Clark (Montréal), Séquence (Saguenay), Action Art Actuel (Saint-Jeansur-Richelieu)—three exhibitions curated by Eric Mattson—and in public parks in Montréal. Courant d’air (2012). Installation L’ŒIL DE POISSONL’OEil de Poisson’s focus...

Mounir Fatmi TANGIER, MOROCCO / PARIS, France Mounir Fatmi works and lives in both Tangier, his birthplace, and Paris. He has shown in several museums, including the Migros Museum (Zurich), Museum Kunst Palast (Dusseldorf), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo) and Tate Modern (London). He has participated in several biennials, including those of Venice (2011 and 2007), Lyon (2009), Sharjah (2007), Seville and Dakar (both...

Minibloc MONTRÉAL, Canada Anne-Françoise Jacques and Nicolas Dion formed Minibloc in 2004. The duo focuses on performance, radio creation and acoustic installation. Everyday objects are mined as sources of sound and become points of departure for their work. Minibloc has presented performances at festivals in Montréal, Québec City, Rimouski, Saguenay, Winnipeg and Berlin. Its sound installations have been shown at Clark (Montréal), Séquence (Saguenay), Action Art Actuel (Saint-Jeansur-Richelieu)—three exhibitions curated by Eric Mattson—and in public parks in Montréal.vidéo test cassettes 2 (2011) Video, colour,...

Ingrid Bachmann MONTRÉAL, Canada Ingrid Bachmann has presented her multidisciplinary work nationally and internationally at exhibitions and festivals in Belgium, the USA, Estonia, Singapore, Peru, the UK, and Cuba. She has lectured at art schools and museums worldwide. She is the co-editor of Material Matters (YYZ Books, 1998, 1999 and 2011), and has contributed essays to several anthologies and periodicals including The Object of Labor (MIT Press, 2007). She is also a founding member of Hexagram: Institute for Research-Creation in Media...

Diane Landry QUÉBEC CITY, Canada Diane Landry lives in Québec City, where she has worked for almost 25 years. Her installations and performances, presented in several European countries, North and South America, China and Australia, have been the subject of numerous publications and received important honours in Québec and the USA. She has been artist in residence in Canada, the USA, France, Italy and Argentina and recently occupied the Québec Studio in New York City. In 2009, a...

François Mathieu SAINT-SYLVESTRE DE LOTBINIÈRE, Canada A native of Saint-Éphrem in the Beauce region of Québec, François Mathieu lives and works in Saint-Sylvestre de Lotbinière. He holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy, another in visual arts and a graduate degree in Québec studies. He has worked as a technician at several artist studios in Québec City and is known mainly as a sculptor. He has created a number of public...

Erika Lincoln WINNIPEG, Canada Erika Lincoln is an electronic media artist who creates kinetic sculpture and participative installations. She associates communication and control mechanisms with objects, making matches that emerge when fabricated systems and natural processes meet. Her work has been shown in Europe in various media art festivals and manifestations, including Artbots (Dublin), Filmwinter (Germany), Pixxelpoint (Slovenia) and Love the Robots (Zurich). In Canada, she has shown in galleries...

Manon Labrecque MONTRÉAL, Canada Multidisciplanary artist Manon Labrecque trained in contemporary dance and visual art. She works in video (single channel and installations), performance, drawing, photography, sculpture and kinetic and sound installations. Her work has been shown in Québec, Germany, Mexico and England. Shown at various festivals in Canada and abroad, her videos have been honoured at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (1998 and 2007).Projections (2012) Les traversées (2012) VU PHOTOFounded...